# First Bancshares Inc. (FBMS) Source: https://www.quantisnow.com/company/FBMS Generated: 2026-11-06T21:22:06.553Z - Ticker: FBMS - Exchange: NASDAQ - Sector: Finance - Industry: Major Banks - Website: thefirstbank.com ## About The First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The First, A National Banking Association that provides general commercial and retail banking services. The company operates through three segments: Commercial/Retail Bank, Mortgage Banking Division, and Holding Company. It offers deposit services, including checking, NOW, and savings accounts; other time deposits, such as daily money market accounts and longer-term certificates of deposit; and individual retirement and health savings accounts. The company also provides commercial loans comprising secured and unsecured loans for working capital, business expansion, and purchase of equipment and machinery; consumer loans consisting of equity lines of credit, as well as secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; and real estate construction and acquisition loans. In addition, it originates loans to purchase existing residential homes or construct new homes, and to refinance existing mortgages; and provides financial and wealth management services. Further, the company offers internet banking services, automated teller machines, voice response telephone inquiry services, commercial sweep accounts, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, merchant, mobile deposit, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, automatic drafts for various accounts, and credit card services. It primarily serves small to medium-sized businesses, professional concerns, individuals, associations and organizations, and governmental authorities. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 84 locations in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana. The First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. ## Latest FBMS news and filings - 2025-04-17 18:35 UTC [SEC Form 15-12G filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-15-12g-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5991965) - 2025-04-17 18:31 UTC [SEC Form 15-12G filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-15-12g-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5991961) - 2025-04-10 04:15 UTC [SEC Form EFFECT] [SEC Form EFFECT filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-effect-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5983415) - 2025-04-10 04:15 UTC [SEC Form EFFECT] [SEC Form EFFECT filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-effect-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5983412) - 2025-04-08 21:31 UTC [SEC Form POS AM filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-pos-am-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5981816) - 2025-04-08 21:29 UTC [SEC Form POS AM filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-pos-am-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5981805) - 2025-04-07 20:56 UTC [SEC Form S-8 POS] [SEC Form S-8 POS filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-s-8-pos-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5980009) - 2025-04-07 20:46 UTC [SEC Form S-8 POS] [SEC Form S-8 POS filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-s-8-pos-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979973) - 2025-04-07 20:43 UTC [SEC Form S-8 POS] [SEC Form S-8 POS filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-s-8-pos-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979960) - 2025-04-07 20:42 UTC [SEC Form S-8 POS] [SEC Form S-8 POS filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-s-8-pos-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979958) - 2025-04-07 20:40 UTC [SEC Form 8-K] [First Bancshares Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing, Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders, Changes in Control of Registrant, Leadership Update, Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financial Statements and Exhibits](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/first-bancshares-inc-filed-sec-form-8-k-completion-of-acquisition-5979950) - 2025-04-07 20:31 UTC [SEC Form S-8 POS] [SEC Form S-8 POS filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-s-8-pos-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979909) - 2025-04-07 20:28 UTC [SEC Form S-8 POS] [SEC Form S-8 POS filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-s-8-pos-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979857) - 2025-04-07 20:24 UTC [SEC Form S-3] [Amendment: SEC Form S-3/A filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/amendment-sec-form-s-3a-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979835) - 2025-04-07 20:22 UTC [SEC Form S-3] [Amendment: SEC Form S-3/A filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/amendment-sec-form-s-3a-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5979825) - 2025-04-03 15:09 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Bomboy David W returned 134,784 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-bomboy-david-w-returned-134784-shares-to-the-company-5974831) - 2025-04-02 19:25 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Levy Jonathan A returned 15,729 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-levy-jonathan-a-returned-15729-shares-to-the-company-5972010) - 2025-04-02 19:22 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Chief Financial Officer Lowery Donna T. Rutland returned 52,550 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/chief-financial-officer-lowery-donna-t-rutland-returned-52550-shares-5971998) - 2025-04-02 19:19 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Williamson Valencia M. returned 2,711 units of COMMON to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-williamson-valencia-m-returned-2711-units-of-common-to-5971995) - 2025-04-02 19:16 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Stetelman Andrew D returned 59,636 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-stetelman-andrew-d-returned-59636-shares-to-the-company-5971991) - 2025-04-02 19:14 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Seidenburg J Douglas returned 102,484 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-seidenburg-j-douglas-returned-102484-shares-to-the-company-5971987) - 2025-04-02 19:12 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Parker Ted E returned 92,376 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-parker-ted-e-returned-92376-shares-to-the-company-5971986) - 2025-04-02 19:10 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Moore Diana Renee returned 7,264 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-moore-diana-renee-returned-7264-shares-to-the-company-5971984) - 2025-04-02 19:08 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Mitchell Thomas Eugene returned 16,954 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-mitchell-thomas-eugene-returned-16954-shares-to-the-company-5971977) - 2025-04-02 19:05 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Mcmurry Fred A returned 99,223 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-mcmurry-fred-a-returned-99223-shares-to-the-company-5971973) - 2025-04-02 19:03 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Lightsey Charles R returned 98,060 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-lightsey-charles-r-returned-98060-shares-to-the-company-5971970) - 2025-04-02 18:58 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Director Gibson E Ricky returned 110,580 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/director-gibson-e-ricky-returned-110580-shares-to-the-company-5971960) - 2025-04-02 18:56 UTC [SEC Form 4] [PRESIDENT, CEO AND CHAIRMAN Cole M Ray Jr returned 114,000 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/president-ceo-and-chairman-cole-m-ray-jr-returned-114000-5971951) - 2025-04-01 13:10 UTC [SEC Form 25-NSE filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-25-nse-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5968924) - 2025-03-27 18:40 UTC [SEC Form 10-K] [Amendment: SEC Form 10-K/A filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/amendment-sec-form-10-ka-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5962794) - 2025-03-17 11:05 UTC [SEC Form 8-K] [First Bancshares Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/first-bancshares-inc-filed-sec-form-8-k-other-events-financial-5946275) - 2025-03-17 11:00 UTC [Renasant and The First Announce Receipt of Regulatory Approvals for Merger](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/renasant-and-the-first-announce-receipt-of-regulatory-approvals-for-5946216) - 2025-03-03 20:20 UTC [SEC Form 10-K] [SEC Form 10-K filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-10-k-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5919878) - 2025-01-28 23:10 UTC [Dividends] [The First Bancshares, Inc. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2024](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/the-first-bancshares-inc-reports-results-for-fourth-quarter-ended-5860481) - 2025-01-23 20:55 UTC [SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/sec-form-schedule-13g-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5855118) - 2024-12-18 21:32 UTC [SEC Form 4] [PRESIDENT, CEO AND CHAIRMAN Cole M Ray Jr covered exercise/tax liability with 37,982 shares and was granted 9,278 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 20% to 114,000 units (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/president-ceo-and-chairman-cole-m-ray-jr-covered-exercisetax-5818958) - 2024-12-18 21:29 UTC [SEC Form 4] [Chief Financial Officer Lowery Donna T. Rutland covered exercise/tax liability with 14,070 shares and was granted 4,148 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 16% to 52,550 units (SEC Form 4)](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/chief-financial-officer-lowery-donna-t-rutland-covered-exercisetax-liability-5818924) - 2024-12-03 21:14 UTC [SEC Form 8-K] [First Bancshares Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/first-bancshares-inc-filed-sec-form-8-k-regulation-fd-disclosure-5798099) - 2024-11-14 18:28 UTC [SEC Schedule 13G] [Amendment: SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/amendment-sec-form-sc-13ga-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5774646) - 2024-11-12 18:26 UTC [SEC Schedule 13G] [Amendment: SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by First Bancshares Inc.](https://www.quantisnow.com/insight/amendment-sec-form-sc-13ga-filed-by-first-bancshares-inc-5766623) ## More - Live page with ratings, short volume, options and peers: https://www.quantisnow.com/company/FBMS - Earnings history: https://www.quantisnow.com/earnings/FBMS - Dividend history: https://www.quantisnow.com/dividends/FBMS - Insider transactions: https://www.quantisnow.com/insiders/FBMS - Options chain: https://www.quantisnow.com/options/FBMS - SEC 8-K filings only: https://www.quantisnow.com/company/FBMS/8-k - RSS and alerts for FBMS: https://www.quantisnow.com/docs/rss-feeds.md